Chandigarh: The inquiry into the expulsion of teenaged molestation victim Ruchika Girhotra from her school is expected to be completed in a day or two, a senior Chandigarh administration official said on Sunday.
"The inquiry is still under process and so far Sub Divisional Magistrate [SDM] Prerna Puri has only talked to the principal, Sister Sebastina [of Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School] besides a few others. She is yet to write the report and would submit it to me in the next one or two days," Home and Education Secretary Ram Niwas said. He said the inquiry officer would also talk to other school officials including Ruchika's class teacher before submitting the final report.
Embarrassment
Puri had questioned the school principal on Friday for over five hours. She also recorded the statements of complainant Madhu Prakash and her daughter Aradhana, who is the lone eye-witness in this case.
Ruchika was expelled from her school without any explanation just a month after she was molested by senior Haryana police official S.P.S. Rathore on August 12, 1990. Rathore's daughter was the classmate of Ruchika in the same school and according to Ruchika's family, Rathore got Ruchika expelled to save his own daughter from embarrassment. Ram Niwas on December 29 ordered a magisterial inquiry into the role of the school management in the expulsion of Ruchika.
Ram Niwas said: "We cannot disclose anything about the report right now. Once I get the final report, we would ourselves make it public." He assured all aspects of the case would be examined.
